Press Release
May 3, 2011
Atlantic Council Launches Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC – At a time of dramatic historic change across the region, the Atlantic Council today will announce the launch of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Both centers are aimed at more effectively harnessing the transatlantic community to address emerging global challenges.
Press Release
May 2, 2011
Available May 10: Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961
By
Jason Harmala
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth, will be released May 10 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. A starred review in Publishers Weekly calls it “a gripping, almost day-by-day chronicle of colorful, often clueless leaders and their byzantine maneuvers.” Among Kempe’s conclusions […]
Press Release
Apr 19, 2011
Atlantic Council Launches Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Names Jason Healey as Director
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC— The Atlantic Council, in partnership with VeriSign, is launching a new Cyber Statecraft Initiative and has named Jason Healey as the first director leading the Council’s expanding work on international cyber policy issues. “Jason has a deep understanding of the strategic issues that the United States and its friends, allies, and partners around […]
Press Release
Mar 17, 2011
Atlantic Council Names J. Peter Pham to Direct Michael S. Ansari Africa Center
By
Jason Harmala
The Atlantic Council today announced that J. Peter Pham had been named as director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, where he will oversee the Council’s expanding work on African political, security and economic issues. “Peter has a profound understanding both of African realities and their policy implications in Washington and Europe,” said Frederick […]
Press Release
Mar 3, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden to Deliver Keynote Address at 2011 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner
The Atlantic Council today announced it will host its Annual Awards Dinner with a keynote address by Vice President Joe Biden and presentation of its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, the organization’s highest honor to one of the world’s pre-eminent business executives; NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander; and a world-renowned tenor and conductor. The keynote address and […]
Press Release
Feb 28, 2011
McCain and Sikorski to Deliver Second Geremek Lecture on Global Democracy Promotion
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John McCain and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will deliver the Atlantic Council’s second annual Geremek Lecture on March 1st. In light of Senator McCain’s recent trip to the Middle East, the lecture will touch on global democracy movements and their connection to and inspiration by the Solidarity Movement, led in […]
Press Release
Feb 1, 2011
General James L. Jones Returns to Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council is pleased to announce that former National Security Advisor General James L. Jones has rejoined its Board of Directors, which he chaired from June 2007 until joining the Obama administration on January 20, 2009. Jones will serve on the board’s Executive Committee, and assist in expanding the Council’s work on international security […]
Press Release
Jan 10, 2011
Zeynep Dereli Appointed as Director of Atlantic Council’s Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum
The Atlantic Council has appointed Zeynep Dereli as Director of the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum. In this position, Ms. Dereli will manage and develop the Black Sea Forum, broadening and deepening this Council initiative that made great progress in Bucharest in 2009 and Istanbul in 2010 toward strengthening energy, economic and political dialogue […]
Press Release
Oct 18, 2010
Marc Grossman Publishes a new Issue Brief Urging the U.S. to Consider a new ‘Triple Crown’ Strategy for European Security
“While the world is certainly a different, more complicated place than it was in 1999, the Obama administration might also find it useful to design a strategy that creates a coherent approach toward the President’s involvement in the NATO, U.S.-EU, and OSCE summits.” Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Atlantic Council Board […]